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Cancellations top 640 as storms hit East Coast airports

It could be a slow go for air travelers in the East today thanks to a broad area of storminess affecting the region. The New York and Philadelphia airports – delay prone even in mild weather events – already

Sporadic shorter delays also had been reported throughout the day at airports such as Atlanta, Washington Dulles and Washington Reagan National.

Nationwide, more than 640 flights had been canceled as of 10:20 p.m. ET, according to FlightStats.com. Hit hardest by cancellations at that time were LaGuardia (145 cancellations), Philadelphia (134), JFK (95), Newark (65), Chicago O'Hare (41) and Charlotte (41).

Of course, problems at New York and other busy East Coast airports can, and often do, ripple out to affect flights in other parts of the country. A flight from Minneapolis to Denver, for example, could become delayed or canceled if the aircraft or crew scheduled to operate it gets bogged down in storm New York.

Similar conditions were forecast for much of Tuesday, meaning similar flight problems were possible for the second day in a row.